Tag: Sylveon

So my sylveon adopted a shiny shinx that had been rejected by its parents and is raising it along side her two eevee babies. The shinx is around the size of the eevees right now but when shinx evolves into a Luxio and luxray do you think there could be problems with the currently happy family?

Not at all! Pokémon are highly adaptable creatures. Think about how many of them form families within their own teams. A trainer can catch a wide variety of different pokémon—even pokémon whose elements are by no means compatible with one another—and those pokémon will still be able to bond with one another and see each other as great friends, if not practically family. Moreover, pokémon from the same egg group (as the eevee and shinx families are) often take care of other members of that same group, regardless of actual species. In other words, sometimes, an eevee and a shinx can actually be blood relatives, and the two pokémon would still get along quite well.

In short, barring conflicts that would have nothing to do with your shinx’s species or physical attributes (because no family is without its differences, believe me), your shinx should do just fine. If anything, you should likely be wary about the fact that it’s shiny, but given the other fact that your sylveon and eevee are all tame, it’s likely that even that won’t be an issue.

Best of luck and congratulations, anonymous!

Okay so this is a bit weird but… my best friend has an umbreon and I have a sylveon and whenever he and I are hanging out both our Pokémon keep trying to get us closer. Like my sylveon will lace our hands together, his umbreon will nudge us to be touching when we sit next to each other. Can you tell me why they’re doing this?

I could, but that would be meddling in the romantic affairs of other people, which I’ve been told by my partner that I’m never allowed to do again.

Bill, I have a serious problem: my recently evolved sylveon is extremely aggressive towards dragon-type pokemon. Recently my sylveon ran off and nearly Moonblasted some poor kid’s Goomy to death. Needless to say, this attracted police attention and my sylveon was ordered to stay in her pokeball in public. She was docile towards dragons as an eevee and is always friendly towards people and pokemon of other types. How can my sylveon be comfortable around dragons? Please help!!!

It’s unfortunate, but very occasionally, an eeveelution responds to its evolution with … unusual amounts of zeal, to put it lightly. This is often caused by the very nature of an eevee’s evolution. Because the eevee family possesses the highest number of branches of any pokémon family, the decision to evolve (as well as what to evolve into) requires more thought and passion on the part of the eevee than any other pokémon. Consequently, sometimes, an eeveelution tries a bit too hard to conform to its new identity by adopting traits it thinks are typical of their type. In a sylveon’s case, this can be particularly unfortunate or even dangerous, as the fairy type is often associated with mischief, magical superiority, and in some cases even bloodlust.

Thus, the first step to getting your sylveon to behave in the presence of dragons is to reassure her that she doesn’t have to be a typical fairy-type to be comfortable with herself. She is still very much a valid fairy-type, even if she befriends or otherwise treats dragon-types like any other type of pokémon. While that may sound like it’s easier said than done, it’s actually a simple matter of training more with her (although perhaps not on dragon-types). The more she battles and trains, the more she becomes accustomed to her body and your guidance.

The second step, of course, is to train her to treat dragons with respect. While it may be most effective to do this by acclimating your sylveon to an actual dragon-type, because dragon-types are rare and difficult to come by, consider training with a dragon-type doll, such as a dratini plush. Before exposing your sylveon to the plush, however, it’s important that you teach her to heel first. (A full explanation on how to teach a pokémon to heel is here: http://bills-pokedex.tumblr.com/post/163998759883/help-my-cubchoo-has-an-insatiable-appetite-for . Admittedly, this post covers how to do so with a cubchoo specifically, but the process can be adapted to sylveon or any other pokémon as well.) Once she understands how to heel, use the plush to simulate a dragon-type pokémon and place it in the same room as sylveon. Have sylveon heel, and if she obeys, reward her. If she attacks, try to remove the plush before she can complete her technique. Do this for at least ten minutes a day at first, then gradually work your way up until your sylveon can stay in the same room as that plush for an hour without even trying to attack it. If she succeeds, move on to real dragons (for example, the other trainer’s goomy) to further reinforce what she’s learned.

I always wondered if the eeveelutions are considered omnivores what specifically do their diets consist of? And does it differ on the specific eeveelution?

Eevee and its evolutions lean more toward (for the most part) carnivorous lifestyles, actually. While, like most pokémon, they can eat nuts, berries, grains, root vegetables, and so forth, much of their diet should be meat and protein of some kind.

That having been said, the answer to your second question depends. In captivity, the eevee family can actually be fed the exact same diet, regardless of what evolution each individual takes, with no real consequences so long as their trainer keeps in mind that they should be fed a balance of foods.

In the wild however, absolutely, it depends on the evolution.

Eevee tend to have the most balanced diet (as one would expect) and will eat whatever it can find in its immediate environment.

Flareon often stick to slower animals and pokémon, and its favored food sources tend to be small mammals. It will also display the unusual behavior of roasting their food with the intention of cooking it before eating. (Trainers should be aware that tamed flareon also display this behavior and should only be fed in fireproof environments.)

Vaporeon, being aquatic pokémon, will eat mostly seafood, including fish, amphibians, turtles, jellyfish, and aquatic mammals (such as seals). It tends to avoid shellfish, likely due to the difficulty in getting them open, but it will also hunt for larger meat sources (such as walruses, dolphins, and even sharks) in packs.

Jolteon, being faster and gifted with electrical attacks, often hunt for birds and forage for eggs. It’s also the one eeveelution that prefers pokémon meat over animal meat, as bird pokémon tend to be larger targets than their animal “counterparts.”

Espeon and Leafeon both tend to eat more of a herbivorous diet than their cousins. This does not mean that they are strictly herbivorous; simply that they forage more often than the others. Espeon tends to hunt for insects and other animals with lesser cognitive functions thanks to its psychic abilities. Leafeon, meanwhile, avoids insects (due to its plant biology) and consumes largely rodents, rabbits, frogs, and anything else it can find in its forest habitat. (Leafeon also photosynthesizes whenever a food source isn’t readily available.)

Umbreon, meanwhile, is much more of a carnivore than its cousins in that its diet consists almost entirely of meat. As a nocturnal, forest-dwelling pokémon in nature, it will often hunt for small, ground-dwelling pokémon and animals, particularly diurnal ones. It has no qualms raiding the nests of sleeping prey, in other words.

Glaceon will often consume whatever it can find in its colder, more arctic environment—usually seafood (for polar glaceon) or rabbits (for mountainous). Glaceon may also share territory with vaporeon, sometimes even hunting alongside them to take down larger prey (such as seals and even walruses).

Finally, Sylveon, like eevee, will eat whatever it can find in its environment but typically chooses prey it can lure into dark corners of its habitat and then devour.

my sylveon is currently the strongest member of my team (he was the “reject” of his batch so i got him in a trade, and i’m proud that he’s come so far!!), but he doesn’t like battling under pressure. on one hand i really need him and fairy types are rare where i live, but i don’t want him to feel super obligated to survive every attack just for me. what do i do?

If he still wants to battle, you’ll need to work on his trust in you. Remind him that he doesn’t have to make any split-second decisions in a battle and that you and he are meant to work as a team in perfect sync. You may consider trying some team building exercises between yourself and your sylveon, perhaps by exercising with him or by performing two-person tasks with his help. The more you build up his trust in you, the less pressure he will (hopefully) feel on the battlefield.

If, however, he doesn’t want to battle at all, you may wish to consider having other pokémon fill the same role as he would and allowing him to operate within your team as a mentor to your battling pokémon, rather than a battle-ready pokémon himself. A number of pokémon can use fairy-type moves, for example, or moves that can cover the same types a fairy attack would cover. Granted, you would be hard-pressed to find a pokémon whose type combination functions the same way defensively as a fairy-type would, but on the other hand, part of being an excellent trainer is being creative about that.

Ultimately, it comes down to whether or not your sylveon wishes to continue battling. If yes, reassure him that he can rely on you. If no, then it’s best not to force him to battle, even if he would be a valuable member of your team.

Hi Bill, I have a lovely Sylveon who is really social, and that sometimes leads him to some trouble, particularly with my Bewear and Incineroar, both of whom nearly crush him in their attention, any way to help them not accidentally rip eachother to shreds?

In your case, strength training is of the utmost importance. This may sound odd—training your pokémon to get stronger and all—but in truth, strength training also involves a lot of discipline. By helping your incineroar and bewear to grow stronger, you also help them familiarize themselves with the way their bodies work, which in turn allows them to understand how to apply weaker amounts of pressure if needed. You may also wish to target precision specifically by having them attack specific targets, rather than use all of their force in order to achieve a particular goal. Either way, be vigilant during your training exercises and be sure to guide your pokémon into understanding that control, rather than pure strength, is the key to success both on and off the field.

Once they grasp this, having them show affection to your sylveon should be rather simple.

Your sylveon, meanwhile, might need to be taught a bit of restraint—especially if his charisma has anything to do with his fairy-type abilities, such as Baby Doll Eyes—but by and large, it may be more effective to target your bewear and incineroar’s levels of discipline, especially given the fact that this is their teammate.

Best of luck!

Hey Bill, my Sylveon and Leafeon have been mates for about a year and a half now and Leafeon used to do a lot of cute things for Sylveon like bring her pretty rocks and play. But lately he doesn’t have much interest in her and no matter what Sylveon does she can’t get him to do anything for her like he used to. What’s going on?

You’ll need to verify two things before you can know for certain. First, check for eggs. Look everywhere—anywhere your sylveon and your leafeon can crawl into. Second, pay close attention to your leafeon. See if he looks listless, interested in other pokémon, or uninterested in anything else (such as food).

The reason why I suggest looking for these signs first is because when a male gives a female gifts, it’s usually part of a mating ritual, which in turn means mating is soon to follow. Unfortunately, a female eeveelution can only mate certain times a year. During these times, she secretes a specific scent that attracts her mate and entices him to romance her, as it were, right up until they finally engage in intercourse. Once that’s done, the female will find a place to lay a clutch, and once her clutch is set, she stops emitting those pheromones until she’s ready to lay more eggs—which usually doesn’t happen until after her first clutch hatches. During the period shortly after laying her eggs, the male finds her uninteresting, in part because of that lack of pheromones (and thus, a lack of anything to entice him to court her) and in part because his inability to detect these pheromones is a signal to him that he needs to leave her alone with her eggs.

If that’s the case, then you can possibly help by incubating the eggs. Incubation will allow them to hatch faster, and once the kits are born and placed near your sylveon for the first time, this may trick her body into believing she’s reached the end of her mating cycle. Be warned, however. If you do find a clutch of eggs and attempt to move them, you could instead provoke the wrath of both parents. On the one hand, that could result in helping them to bond with each other again. On the other, taking Magical Leaf and Moonblast at the same time is not a pleasant experience.

If you don’t find a clutch of eggs and your leafeon looks listless, take him to the pokémon center and check for any physical problems, just to rule these out. Your local Nurse Joy may also be able to diagnose any mental health problems if your leafeon’s disinterest is actually caused by depression.

If, however, his disinterest is not an indication of a physical or mental health problem but rather a shift in his attention, it’s important to keep an eye on him and try to figure out what it is. It could be that he’s trying to get his mate an even more impressive gift, at which point, you should help him in any way that you can. Or, alternatively, it could be that another pokémon has caught his eye … at which point, you should perhaps inform him that, no, you are most definitely not going to help him in any way that you can.

In short, your leafeon’s behavior could be the result of a few possible things, so it’s important that you hunt around his living space for anything that could be a possible source, then work from there.

Are the kimono girls still a thing? I know your mom was one but I think if they’re not around anymore they should have a new group of them. I have a sylveon I think would make a lovely addition

Yes, of course! Johto has a very proud set of traditions, dating back nearly two thousand years, and kimono girls are part of that. They’re the keepers of our traditions, and it’s their duty to pass their knowledge on to the next generation so that our culture will live on until the return of Ho-oh. It’s not that our culture as a whole will be forgotten if kimono girls don’t preserve it; it’s more that they’re another cultural resource, one that makes sure at least some part of our regional identity is still alive.

Thus, there are actually always more than one troupe of kimono girls, most of whom are from Ecruteak City. The most famous of these, of course, are associated with the Kimono Dance Theater, as the kimono girls of that particular place are the ones who are taught the Kin no Mai and Gin no Mai (the specific prayer-dances meant for summoning Ho-oh and Lugia, respectively). To be fair, these would disappear if the kimono girls had no successors, and given the fact that Ho-oh and Lugia are a major part of our culture, I suppose in a way, the troupes do safeguard the future of our region.

That having been said, I admit that sylveon are not traditional partners to kimono girls, but ever since the rise in popularity of the fairy-type (partially due to the registration of the Kalos Dex and partially due to the rising popularity of my fellow descendant-of-a-kimono-girl, Valerie), it’s become a bit of a trend among the kimono-girls-in-training of Ecruteak City to pamper eevee and hope they become sylveon. Or so my younger sister tells me. In any case, technically, there’s nothing in the rules for being a kimono girl that states they can’t own recently discovered eeveelutions (or, for that matter, that they can’t own any pokémon they want), so sylveon is a perfectly viable addition to a kimono girl troupe.

Did you have anyone in mind, anonymous, or were you thinking of becoming a kimono girl yourself? If the latter, be warned that a kimono girl’s training is notoriously rigorous, but should you still be interested, the best place to begin would be Ecruteak City.

Hey Bill, I just recently caught a dratini and while it gets along fine with my pikachu, it is absolutely terrified of my sylveon! My pikachu and sylveon are pokemon I always have out with me and I’m not sure how to curb my dratinis fear! Help please!

In general, whenever one of your pokémon is terrified of another, it’s best to start slowly. It’s good that your pikachu and dratini get along well, as it may be the key to your dratini’s predicament. Have your pikachu mediate interactions between your dratini and sylveon. Whenever dratini shows any level of discomfort, have pikachu be there to ground it and reassure it that sylveon is a friend who would never hurt it.

Moreover, have them start with short interactions and work up to longer conversations. Think of it like exposure therapy to humans: you want to begin with only a little bit of exposure to avoid trauma, and as your dratini adjusts to that level of interaction, increase the amount of time it spends with your sylveon, bit by bit, until it can tolerate long-term exposure. Eventually, when your dratini can tolerate conversations with sylveon, begin having them fight alongside each other in double-battles to reinforce your dratini’s progress. If you’re not a trainer, have them perform tasks together around the house.

Also, be sure your sylveon is in agreement with whatever you do. That is to say, ensure that your sylveon hasn’t done anything to warrant dratini’s fear, and be absolutely sure sylveon wants to interact with your dratini. If your sylveon is just as uncomfortable with the idea of being on the same team as a dratini, this is something you’ll also need to resolve using similar gradual introduction methods as mentioned above. Your pikachu should be able to help as well. If, however, your sylveon is very eager to make a new friend, allow it to be involved in the efforts to calm dratini down. Ensure your sylveon takes things slow and avoids showing affection through touch at first. At the same time, be sure that your sylveon extends friendly, welcoming gestures—just from afar. As dratini begins to warm up to your sylveon, then your sylveon may show physical forms of affection, but it should still be careful and wary for any signs of discomfort from your dratini.

In other words, some relationships should start slowly and work up to a certain level of closeness, and that goes for pokémon too. Be cautious and careful, show your dratini that your sylveon won’t hurt it, and allow dratini to grow comfortable around your sylveon in its own time.

Best of luck, anonymous.